intemperies

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Marcus Aurelius would not have a child put to nurse at all, but every mother to bring up her own, of what condition soever she be; for a sound and able mother to put out her child to nurse, is naturae intemperies, so

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007
Pransus sum Streathamiae agninum crus coctum cum herbis (spinach) comminutis, farcimen farinaceum cum uvis passis, lumbos bovillos, et pullum gallinae: Turcicae; et post carnes missas, ficus, uvas, non admodum maturas, ita voluit anni intemperies, cum malis Persicis, iis tamen duris.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
Moreover the burials of Paris are one - fifth part above and below the medium, but at London not above one - twelfth, so as the intemperies of the air at Paris is far greater than at London.

Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic William Petty 1655